Rumours and Stuff

[Spooner]

Holmes is a very ordinary fullback. He doesn’t have a creative bone in his body. He‘s a winger, pure and simple. I also think Fergo, Sivo and Semi are better wingers. Val wasn’t elite when he left and he’s certainly not going to be next year.

That’s a big call - it will be interesting to see where his game is now. His body shape and conditioning may need work. I think he will emerge into a dominant fullback - he was learning the trade at Cronulla.

 

[hineyrulz]

Holmes doesn’t have the ball skills to be an elite fullback , but look how quickly Tedesco’s game evolved under decent coaching.

 

[Spooner]

Holmes doesn’t have the ball skills to be an elite fullback , but look how quickly Tedesco’s game evolved under decent coaching.

Clint Gutherson or Val Holmes?

 

[hineyrulz]

Clint Gutherson or Val Holmes?

Holmes, Guth with never be elite.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

@Spooner.. Is that your name or a decription of yourself? Has anyone said welcome merkin yet?

 

[Happy MEel]

Clint Gutherson or Val Holmes?

Both. However Gutho’s not getting paid elite money.

 

[Bazal]

Holmes, Guth with never be elite.

And Holmes will never have the ball skills Guth has. Or the involvement

Guth every single day as fullback. Especially given the price difference

 

[chiefy1]

Holmes doesn’t have the ball skills to be an elite fullback , but look how quickly Tedesco’s game evolved under decent coaching.

Holmes, Guth with never be elite.

That's a given. Even though we have the best squad in decades.

 

[hineyrulz]

And Holmes will never have the ball skills Guth has. Or the involvement

Guth every single day as fullback. Especially given the price difference

I’d take Guth as well.

 

[eel01s]

I would argue Guth is getting elite money at $750k.

 

[hineyrulz]

I would argue Guth is getting elite money at $750k.

Isn’t he on 650-700k. I’d hardly call that elite money. Throw in his leadership and it’s a good deal for both parties.

 

[Eelementary]

Clint Gutherson or Val Holmes?

Gutherson, easily.

He's fitter, he's more involved, he has far more skill, he's a leader, he has an awesome haircut...

 

[Gazzamatta]

Gutherson, easily.

He's fitter, he's more involved, he has far more skill, he's a leader, he has an awesome haircut...

If they could increase Guthos speed he would be in the top group of fullbacks.

 

[Noise]

If they could increase Guthos speed he would be in the top group of fullbacks.

He's more of an endurance guy. At 25 I doubt he is making many significant gains in his speed.

 

[Stevie]

Daily tele reporting we could very well lose Kafusi as we have failed to resign him before Nov 1 and as a result there are plenty of clubs sniffing around.

The article takes a shot at us dragging our feet to get a deal done.

I like Kafusi. Should we worry or is it a beat up?

 

[hineyrulz]

Daily tele reporting we could very well lose Kafusi as we have failed to resign him before Nov 1 and as a result there are plenty of clubs sniffing around.

The article takes a shot at us dragging our feet to get a deal done.

I like Kafusi. Should we worry or is it a beat up?

Nah mate everything is under control, and if you we do lose him he’s not much chop anyway..........


Or he’ll have off field issues........

 

[Gronk]

Nah mate everything is under control, and if you we do lose him he’s not much chop anyway..........

Or he’ll have off field issues........

FMD you are in a relentless mood over this Stefano Haas thing. So apparently we went toe to toe with the Balmain offers and stepped away in the end. I'm guessing you'd have wanted us to match or better $800k over 3 years ?

Actually no, you will prolly hang your hat on some notion that we should have used a jedi move on him and made him sign earlier in the year for peanuts.

 

[hineyrulz]

FMD you are in a relentless mood over this Stefano Haas thing. So apparently we went toe to toe with the Balmain offers and stepped away in the end. I'm guessing you'd have wanted us to match or better $800k over 3 years ?

Actually no, you will prolly hang your hat on some notion that we should have used a jedi move on him and made him sign earlier in the year for peanuts.

There’s one

 

[84 Baby]

Nah mate everything is under control, and if you we do lose him he’s not much chop anyway..........


Or he’ll have off field issues........

Oregon is ok but do you honestly see him being any better than RCG or Junior or Kevans or even Alvaro within any realistic timeframe? I hate losing unproven players as much as the next poster but other than injury coverage he’ll get minimal game time which we preferably want from a minimum wager. If he wants more than that, good luck to him, he had all last season to prove he was worth it. What did you see of him that proved he’d be worth more? Is he going to provide more than the minimum wage Junior we still from another club?
Yeah perhaps a deal could have been done earlier, but it still shouldn’t be more than minimum wage. And then how would you feel about resigning squad fillers Oregon, Davey & Stone for scraps while Drown & Mahoney were unsigned? I’m certain you would have had nothing but praise

 

[84 Baby]

There’s one

Haha good one Phartman